Austin Jackson

You can't blame manager Lloyd McClendon for losing sleep in Seattle. His underachieving Mariners were expected to be a playoff team after going 87-and-75 last year, but have been keeping him up nights. Baseball can be a humbling game, seldom following a predictable script. If his patience is wearing thin who can blame him? Despite a solid pitching staff the Mariners are treading water. The Gary native is not noted for sugarcoating. He can be openly critical and brutally honest. "I think we're like a club that's spinning our wheels right now," Mac said after the Mariners recently fell 81/2 games behind Houston in the AL West. When it was suggested that he was...

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